“Wow!”¨said Susan．“I have finished my homework and I’m going to paint a picture of our stairs(楼梯)．It’s for a competition in school tomorrow．”

    “Do you need any help?”Mr．Cooper asked．“It’s almost time for bed．”

    “I’ll be quick．”said Susan．“I wonder what colour to use．”

    “Well, our stairs are brown,”said her father．“Thanks，Dad．”said Susan.

    When she finished her picture，Susan began playing with her brush which was still wet．Then something happened．She dropped the brush right on the picture! There in the middle of her picture was a blob(污点)of brown paint!

    “Oh，Dad! What will I do?”Susan cried．

    “My picture is ruined(污损)．And it’s too late to paint another．”

    “Let me see．”said her father．“The paint blob looks just like a spot(斑点)on a dog．All you have to do is to draw a dog around the spot!”

    “That’s a wonderful idea!”cried Susan．She drew a dog around the blob of brown paint．“That looks just fine．You know，few things are as bad as they seem at first．With a little  imagination you can turn bad into good，”said Susan’s father．

    The next day Susan went to school early．

    When the competition began，Mr. King said，“I’ve chosen three pictures，and I want you to say which one you like best．That picture wins!”The children did not like the first one．The next picture was on black paper，but the stairs were red．So it was not so good．Then Mr. King showed the third painting．It was Susan’s!

    “The stairs are straight．”said Joe．

    “Yes．and the brown paint shows up well on the white paper，”said Lucy．

    “And look at the little dog．”said Terry．“He seems to belong there．”

    The children voted and Susan’s painting won．Mr. King handed her the prize-some paints．

    “Susan had a good idea．”Mr. King said．”That little dog finished a good painting．It made the stairs seem real．”

    Susan smiled．She would not give away her secret．But she could hardly wait to tell her father the news．He was right．With a little imagination you can turn something bad into something good!

1．Susan was going to draw a picture for _________．

    A．fun                             B．her homework

    C．a competition                     D．an exam

2．Susan drew the colour“brown”on the white paper because _________

A．she thought“brown”and“white”looked beautiful together

    B．she didn’t like“red”on black paper

    C．she thought her classmates would like it

    D．the stairs in her house were brown

3．What does the word“something”in this passage mean?

    A．Susan began to paint the picture．

    B．Susan finished painting the picture．

    C．Susan played with her wet brush．

    D．Susan dropped the brush on the picture．

4．Mr．King thought that the picture was ____________．

    A．bad        B．good           C．colourful         D．dark

5．Susan’s father thought that_______．

  A．imagination sometimes could turn bad into good

  B．the colour“brown”looked quite nice on white paper

  C．the little dog made the picture bad

  D．the stairs in the picture looked straight

Mr. Green was clever three years ago．And few men could trouble him．But one day he was hit down by a car and his head got badly hurt．And now he often forgets something and thinks in a different way from ours．

One morning，Mr. Green woke up early．He put on his coat and began to walk in the street while people were sleeping．He wanted to buy newspapers but the post office was still closed．He had to go back and go to bed again．Before he took off his clothes，someone knocked at the door．He got up and opened it．Two hunters（猎人）came in．They looked at him carefully and then said，“We saw a dead man just now．We thought it was you．”

“Really?” Mr. Green said in surprise．“Where?”

“In the forest．”

“It’s impossible!” said Mr. Green．“I didn't go there at all this morning．”

“But he died last night．”

“I haven't been there for nearly a week．”

“But he looks like you．”

“What clothes does he wear，then?”

”A blue coat like yours and brown pants．”

“And what color are his socks?”

“Black．”

Mr. Green became happy．He showed his socks to them and said，“Look! Mine are white．”

1．Why does Mr. Green often forget things'?

A．Because his head got badly hurt．             B．Because he often drove cars．

C．Because he was too clever．                       D．Because few men could trouble him．

2．What did Mr. Green want to do when he walked in the street?

A．He wanted to have breakfast．                  B．He wanted to buy newspapers．

C．He wanted to post a letter．                         D．He wanted to go back to sleep．

3．Who knocked at Mr. Green's door?

A．A man from the forest．                          B．Two hunters．

C．A postman．                                              D．A policeman．

4．Where did the two hunters find the dead man?

A．In the street．                                         B．Behind Mr. Green's house．

C．In the forest．                                           D．Near the post office．

5．What color were Mr. Green's socks?

A．Brown．             B．White．               C．Black．               D．Blue．

I have two pets. They are Fly, a dog, and Huahua, a cat.
Fly is brown and grey. He is naughty(淘气的). He sometimes steals(偷) food in the kitchen.  Once, when there was nobody at home, Fly pulled (拉) a piece of meat off the table. But he was not careful enough. The plate also fell to the floor. When I got home, I saw the broken plate all over the floor, so I became very angry. Fly was so afraid that he went back to his bed at once.
Huahua is a white and yellow cat. She is not beautiful but she is very lovely. Every night at weekends, Huahua sleeps on my bed. When she sleeps, she always snores. It is very funny.
Huahua is also naughty. Whenever she does something bad and my grandma tries to catch her, she runs away quickly and hides quietly under the bed.
Fly and Huahua love to play games with me and I like them very much.

【小题1】What colour is Huahua?